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the names of (1) albipunctatus, Steph., known to him only from description; the type 

 of Stephens' species is a small Hydropsyche; (2) obscurus, Steph., which cannot be 

 Stephens' species, the type of which is* a female of Glossosoma fimbriata, jSteph. ; (3) 

 affinis, Kolenali, a new species, differing in the venation of the under wings; and (4) 

 pusilla, Fabricius, of which I may say that what Fabricius' species really is must, I 

 think, always remain conjectural : pusilla, Stephens, is a true Psychomia, and the same 

 as his phseopa ; pusilla, Curtis, is a small True Tinodes. 



" I have drawn up the following diagnosis of the new species. 



"Psychomia (Homoeceeds) derelicta. 



" Nigro-fusca ; antennis saturate brunneis, testaceo annulatis; palpis brunneis; 

 capite thorace abdomineque nigro-fuscis; oviducto testaceo-fusco, sursum incur- 

 vato; pedibus fuscis, vix testaceis; alis anticis fuligineo-fuscis, vix iridescenti- 

 bus, dense pilosis; posticis fusco hyalinis. (Fcem). 



" Long. corp. If lin.; exp. al. 5 — 6 lin. 



" Of this I have seen five specimens, all of which are females. It has been taken 

 by Mr. Parfitt near Exeter, by Mr. Fenn at Wallingford, by Mr. Barrett at Haslemere, 

 in July, and by myself near Kew, in August. It is larger and darker than the other 

 described species." 



Mr. Stainton exhibited specimens of Tinea vivipara, Scott, and read the following 

 notice of the habits of that species : — 



"This insect has been described in the first part of the 'Transactions of the Ento- 

 mological Society of New South Wales,' by the Hon. A. W. Scott, of Ash Island, 

 Hexham, which is about seventy-five miles N.N.E. of Sydney. The specimens exhi- 

 bited were captured by Mr. Diggles at Moreton Bay, which is three hundred miles 

 further to the north. Its beauty is not the only interest which this elegant species 

 possesses, for it appears from the observations of Mr. Scott that the females do not 

 deposit eggs, but living larvae. 



" 'It was after dark, in the early part of the month of October, 1861, that we first 

 captured a specimen with the hand, being attracted at the moment by its elegant 

 colouring, and wishing to secure it for the cabinet. Fearful that the plumage might 

 be injured by the struggles of the moth while endeavouring to escape, it was gently 

 compressed, and on opening the hand we observed numbers of minute but perfect larvae 

 being ejected from the abdomen in rapid succession, and moving about with consider- 

 able celerity, evidently in search of suitable shelter and food. This incident, so singular 

 and new to us, required further confirmation, and consequently many more of a similar 

 kind (of course all females) were caught and attached to corks previously covered with 

 black paper, and subjected to the closest scrutiny. These moths shortly commenced 

 to deposit their living progeny with rapidity, the small white fleshy larvae being seen 

 with great distinctness on the black surface of the paper, thus affording clear and satis- 

 factory proof that this insect — the only one of its order at present known to be so — is 

 unquestionably ovo-viviparous, and will represent in future this peculiarity among the 

 Lepicloptera, similarly to those few species existing, in the hemipterous and dipterous 

 orders. 



" ' This fact having been ascertained our attention was incited to the care of the 

 little strangers, and to procure suitable shelter and food for them, iu the hope that we 



